Essential Angioplasty

E. von Schmilowski, MD, PhD, Specialist Registrar Cardiologist, The Heart Hospital, London, UK R. H. Swanton, MD, Consultant Cardiologist, The Heart Hospital, London, UK

• Foreword, vii Preface, viiiAcknowledgments, xList of Abbreviations, xiChapter 1 Fundamentals, 1Standards of Excellence in Interventional Cardiology, 1Introduction to Interventional Procedures, 4Vascular Access, 8Coronary Anatomy and Projections, 25Anomalies, 41Left Ventriculography and Aortography, 51Radiation Safety, 58Chapter 2 Devices in Practice, 66Guiding Catheters, 66Guide Wires, 92Balloons, 99Stents, 110Closure Devices, 122Chapter 3 The Interventional Patient, 129Elective PCI for Stable Coronary Artery Disease, 129PCI in Acute Coronary Syndromes, 133The Diabetic Patient, 162Chapter 4 Interventional Pharmacotherapy, 167Antiplatelet Agents in PCI, 167Antithrombotic Agents in PCI, 182Chapter 5 Techniques in Specifi c Lesions, 189Left Main Coronary Artery, 189Bifurcation Lesions, 203Ostial Lesions, 238Chronic Total Occlusion, 252Grafts and Conduits, 273Chapter 6 Complications, 288Contrast Reactions, 288Femoral Access Site Problems, 289Radial Access Site Problems, 293Air Injection, 294No-Refl ow/Slow-Refl ow Phenomenon, 294Coronary Spasm, 296Pseudostenoses, 296Coronary Perforation, 296Coronary Dissection, 299Stent Thrombosis, 303Restenosis, 307Stent Loss, 310Hypotension, 311Hypoglycemia, 312Contrast-Induced Nephropathy, 312New ST Elevation or Marked ST Depression, 317Cardiac Arrest, 317Emergency CABG, 319Death, 319Chapter 7 Intracoronary Imaging, 320Intravascular Ultrasonography, 320Virtual Histology, 335Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR), 336Optical Coherence Tomography, 339List of Trials and Studies, 345References, 348Trials, 348Guidelines, 357Other Resources, 357Index, 359

“This is a concise, well-written handbook that will serve as an easy quick reference guide to cardiac angiography and intervention.”  (Doody’s, 17 August 2012)